Hi Graham, Ooh what a project wish I could help. I have long been wishing for Ellesmere records for my Humphrey LLOYD and Elizabeth BARKLEY. They married 10 Aug 1797 in Ellesmere. Do you or anyone else have an idea, reason, why these records were NOT filmed by the LDS? Big mystery here, I think, was it the Bishop of Litchfield, who considered that these records were his alone? I would be very pleased to hear from any of Humphrey LLOYD'S descendants. Kind Regards, Marjorie LLoyd Thompson in Nevada, USA

At 03:34 PM 3/06/2006, JMTsparks@aol.com wrote: > >>>> I have long been wishing for Ellesmere records for my Humphrey LLOYD > and Elizabeth BARKLEY. They married 10 Aug 1797 in Ellesmere. Do you or > anyone else have an idea, reason, why these records were NOT filmed by > the LDS? Big mystery here, I think, was it the Bishop of Litchfield, who > considered that these records were his alone? Hi Marjory I shall have a look for you. I have a film coming. By the way the records of Ellesmere were indeed filmed by LDS. Lots of them. Not sure where you got the information to the negative - of course the Bishop of Lichfield could have withheld his consent, but the records were probably filmed at the Shropshire Archives anyway, so that would by-pass his authority once they were deposited there. Cheers Graham